Notes and Editorial Reviews

It has often been said that the Symphony "From the New World" is a hymn to America and its wide open spaces. This is doubtless true, but the Ninth Symphony of this Slavonic genius is also a dramatic work that seeks new worlds of sound. Written in New York at the end of the Romantic century by a composer at the height of his glory, this musical epic is an orchestral testament of Antonin Dvorak, yearning for his Bohemia.It has often been said that the Symphony "From the New World" is a hymn to America and its wide open spaces. This is doubtless true, but the Ninth Symphony of this Slavonic genius is also a dramatic work that seeks new worlds of sound. Written in New York at the end of the Romantic century by a composer at the height of his glory, this musical epic is an orchestral testament of Antonin Dvorak, yearning for his Bohemia. Read less